Are cars becoming more innovative than drugs?
December 12, 2014For the first time in 10 years there is no pharmaceutical company among the three biggest R&D spenders! According to the…
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June 29, 2012Well, it is the first anti-obesity drug approved by the FDA in 13 years (last one was Roche’s Orlistat, marketed as Xenical…
Read MoreGalChimiApplus
December 1, 2011During the last CPhI in Frankfurt we officially presented our joint venture with Applus+ LGAI, christening it GalChimiApplus. This collaboration will…
Read MoreNumber crunching
October 1, 2011The review selected for this issue is in fact what the J. Med. Chem. calls a ‘Perspective’ paper. To summarize, it…
Read MoreChallenging Chemistry
October 1, 2011Are medicinal chemists simple-minded? Have they forgotten how to synthesize molecules? Have they become lazy? If you think the answers to…
Read MoreApologies and changes
September 1, 2011Well, it has been a long, long time. Issue 18 of the newsletter was published on April 1st, so you readers…
Read MoreThe End of the World
September 1, 2011IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT Probably most of you are not familiar with this song by…
Read MoreGlasnost
November 1, 2010Last Year Figures If you have lived through the 80s you will probably remember this word. Another year is behind us…
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September 1, 2010Green Chemistry Are you familiar with the twelve points of Green Chemistry? No? Well, maybe it is because you are a…
Read MoreChiral Drugs
July 1, 2010In the last years there has been an increasing number of chiral New Chemical Entities (NCEs) entering the pipeline of the…
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